The Men's 10 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics was held on 23 February, at Canmore Nordic Centre. Competitors raced over three loops of the skiing course, shooting two times, once prone and once standing. Each miss was penalized by requiring the competitor to race over a 150-metre penalty loop.
Results
Frank-Peter Roetsch had led an East German sweep of the sprint podium at the 1987 Biathlon World Championships, and despite a penalty loop, won by more than 15 seconds over two clean shooting Soviet racers, 1986 sprint world champion Valeriy Medvedtsev and 21-year-old Sergei Tchepikov. Roetsch had also won the 20 kilometre event earlier in the week, ending up with both individual gold medals in Calgary.
Rank Bib Name Country Time Penalties Deficit 63 Frank-Peter Roetsch 25:08.1 1 (0+1) 50 Valeriy Medvedtsev 25:23.7 0 (0+0) 31 Sergei Tchepikov 25:29.4 0 (0+0) 10 Birk Anders 25:51.8 2 (0+2) 42 André Sehmisch 25:52.3 2 (1+1) 36 Frank Luck 25:57.6 1 (0+1) 37 Tapio Piipponen 26:02.2 1 (0+1) 49 Johann Passler 26:07.7 2 (1+1) 69 Dmitry Vasilyev 26:09.7 1 (0+1) +1:01.6 10 52 Peter Angerer 26:13.2 2 (0+2) +1:05.1 11 28 Geir Einang 26:13.3 0 (0+0) +1:05.2 12 67 Fritz Fischer 26:25.9 1 (0+1) +1:17.8 13 57 Pieralberto Carrara 26:32.7 2 (2+0) +1:24.6 14 64 Frode Løberg 26:32.9 1 (1+0) +1:24.8 15 24 Andreas Zingerle 26:33.0 2 (1+1) +1:24.9 16 56 Jan Matouš 26:33.3 1 (0+1) +1:25.2 17 53 Franz Schuler 26:45.0 1 (0+1) +1:36.9 18 11 Juri Kashkarov 26:49.1 3 (1+2) +1:41.0 19 34 Ernst Reiter 26:50.2 2 (2+0) +1:42.1 20 45 Eirik Kvalfoss 26:51.9 4 (2+2) +1:43.8 21 38 Mike Dixon 26:53.3 0 (0+0) +1:45.2 22 9 Mikael Löfgren 27:01.0 1 (0+1) +1:52.9 23 68 Bruno Hofstätter 27:02.8 1 (0+1) +1:54.7 24 23 Tomáš Kos 27:13.5 1 (0+1) +2:05.4 25 41 Harri Eloranta 27:15.2 3 (2+1) +2:07.1 26 18 Stefan Höck 27:26.2 3 (0+3) +2:18.1 27 33 Josh Thompson 27:27.7 4 (2+2) +2:19.6 28 62 Jiří Holubec 27:29.8 3 (0+3) +2:21.7 29 65 Krasimir Videnov 27:31.1 1 (0+1) +2:23.0 30 17 Sverre Istad 27:34.3 5 (1+4) +2:26.2 30 47 Lyle Nelson 27:34.3 1 (0+1) +2:26.2 32 32 Francis Mougel 27:34.9 3 (1+2) +2:26.8 33 13 Roberto Marchesi 27:36.7 2 (0+2) +2:28.6 34 7 Jaromír Šimůnek 27:38.6 1 (0+1) +2:30.5 34 32 Glenn Rupertus 27:38.6 2 (1+1) +2:30.5 36 16 Khristo Vodenicharov 27:40.5 1 (1+0) +2:32.4 37 12 Egon Leitner 27:42.4 2 (0+2) +2:34.3 38 30 Vladimir Velichkov 27:48.8 2 (1+1) +2:40.7 39 26 Misao Kodate 27:52.6 2 (1+1) +2:44.5 40 21 Alfred Eder 27:57.3 2 (0+2) +2:49.2 41 6 Juha Tella 27:58.3 3 (2+1) +2:50.2 42 60 Antero Lähde 27:59.9 3 (2+1) +2:51.8 43 55 Vasil Bozhilov 28:06.5 2 (1+1) +2:58.4 44 51 Tadashi Nakamura 28:11.4 2 (1+1) +3:03.3 45 48 Carl Davies 28:12.1 2 (1+1) +3:04.0 46 61 Ken Karpoff 28:12.9 1 (0+1) +3:04.8 47 43 Peter Sjödén 28:13.3 2 (1+1) +3:05.2 48 25 Zsolt Kovács 28:13.9 0 (0+0) +3:05.8 49 71 Bill Carow 28:19.6 4 (1+3) +3:11.5 50 2 Curt Schreiner 28:19.9 3 (2+1) +3:11.8 51 1 Christian Dumont 28:20.3 2 (1+1) +3:12.2 52 29 Hervé Flandin 28:21.4 4 (3+1) +3:13.3 53 27 Jure Velepec 28:21.9 2 (2+0) +3:13.8 54 22 Roger Westling 28:24.8 4 (1+3) +3:16.7 55 44 Charles Plamondon 28:30.5 3 (2+1) +3:22.4 56 54 Xavier Blond 28:36.6 3 (2+1) +3:28.5 57 72 Leif Andersson 28:48.9 4 (3+1) +3:40.8 58 8 Paget Stewart 29:06.9 4 (1+3) +3:58.8 59 14 Koichi Sato 29:43.1 3 (1+2) +4:35.0 60 5 Mark Langin 29:52.1 5 (3+2) +4:44.0 61 59 Trevor King 30:00.5 5 (3+2) +4:52.4 62 35 Andrew Paul 30:36.6 1 (0+1) +5:28.5 63 70 Akihiro Takizawa 31:38.7 5 (3+2) +6:30.6 64 19 Shin Young-sun 33:05.4 4 (2+2) +7:57.3 65 20 Alejandro Giró 33:55.4 3 (3+0) +8:47.3 66 58 Joo Young-dai 34:50.4 8 (3+5) +9:42.3 67 39 Kim Yong-woon 35:18.6 7 (3+4) 68 40 Luis Argel 35:25.1 8 (4+4) 69 46 Joung Young-suk 35:31.3 6 (4+2) 70 4 Gustavo Giró 36:38.8 6 (3+3) 71 3 Judd Bankert 45:37.1 8 (4+4) 72 15 Elliot Archilla 47:47.4 6 (3+3)
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